Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Kent County Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Euclid Ltd SME
- Value
- £544,210
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Software-related services (CPV 72260000)
- Region
- South East
- Official notice
- 027831-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date26 Feb 2026
- Published26 Mar 2026Published 28 days after the contract date
Description
Direct Award of 2 year contract via the West Midlands Contracting Authority - Smart Customer and Transportation Processing Services Framework (Lot 1).
About the supplier
Euclid Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02248713).